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Madison, Wis. They are second and third generation funeral directors. ( Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)Casey Ryan is photographed at Ryan & Joyce-Ryan Funeral Home in Madison, Wis., on Jan. 19, 2017. Ryan is the fourth generation in his family to be in the funeral business. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)Connie Ryan, 80, left, and Roman Ryan, 51, are photographed at Ryan & Joyce-Ryan Funeral Homes on Jan. 5, 2017 in Madison, Wis. They are second and third generation funeral directors. ( Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)Casey Ryan is photographed at Ryan & Joyce-Ryan Funeral Home in Madison, Wis., on Jan. 19, 2017. Ryan is the fourth generation in his family to be in the funeral business. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Casey Ryan played football at Madison East High School, loves to snowmobile and work on cars, and owns a landscaping business.He just completed two years of schooling at Madison Area Technical College and is ready to start an apprenticeship in the family business, the Wisconsin State Journal (http://bit.ly/2k5WJQS ) reported.But this is no ordinary career path. Ryan's family doesn't sell groceries, fix leaky sinks or paint houses. Instead, it's in the funeral industry. And for Casey Ryan, the move is a natural despite the details of the job that include transporting the dead, embalming and preparing a body for a showing.What Ryan, 24, has observed since he was a 4-year-old running around the funeral home on North Sherman Avenue is the relationships and the care that his father, Roman, grandfather, Connie, and aunt, Diane Ryan-Friske, and the rest of the staff provide to their customers at Ryan & Joyce-Ryan Funeral Homes."It's new every day, you meet new people. It's very gratifying," said Casey Ryan, who plans to attend mortuary school in Milwaukee after concluding his apprenticeship a year from now. "It's never bothered me. It's all I know."Since 1938, the Ryan family has been a fixture in Madison's funeral industry when Casey's great-grandfath...